Cognitive Development in Atypical Children Progress in Cognitive Development Research
For some time now, the study of cognitive development has been far and away the most active discipline within developmental psychology. Although there would be much disagreement as to the exact proportion of papers published in develop mental journals that could be considered cognitive, 50% seems l...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
1985, 1985
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1985 |
| Series: | Progress in Cognitive Development Research
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Reading Disability: A Deficit in Rule Learning?
- Word Recognition in Good and Poor Readers
- Sources of Phonological Coding Difficulties: Learning the Spelling-to-Sound Rule System
- Rule Learning in Nonreading Tasks
- Conclusions
- References
- 2 Information-Processing Approaches to Reading Disability
- Perceptual Hearing Deficits
- Partial-Information Hypothesis
- Benefits of an Information-Processing Approach
- Some Cautions in Evaluating Reading-Deficit Hypotheses
- Accounting for Other Literature
- Size of Effects
- Conclusion
- References
- 3 Psycholinguistic Aspects of Reading Disabilities
- Definition of Reading Disability
- Linguistic Skills and Reading
- Conclusions
- References
- 4 Language Comprehension and Cognitive Disorder in Autism
- Studies of Comprehension in Persons with Autism
- Relationship Between Language Comprehension and Other Behaviors
- Theories of Cognitive Dysfunction in Autism
- Overview and Conclusions
- References
- 5 Cognitive Development in Autistic Children
- A Theoretical Framework for Autism
- Methodological Considerations
- Cognitive Development in Autistic Children
- Final Considerations
- References
- 6 Temperament and Attention as Components of a Transactional Approach to Development: Implications for Research and Clinical Services for the Atypical Child
- Reductionism: Its Limitations as a Basis for Research and Clinical Approaches to the Atypical Child
- The Transactional Model
- Temperament and Attention: Neurobehavioral Modulators of Learning
- An Integrated Clinical Model of Learning and Behavior
- Summary and Implications
- References
- 7 Atypical Infant Development: Interacting Neurological and Environmental Factors
- Historical Foundation
- Neurological Integrity
- The Roles of Nature and Nurture
- Conclusion
- References
- Author Index